In its order, the Industrial Commission stated it would not be "appropriate" for Bevans to keep both the no-fault insurance proceeds and a full workers' compensation award, thereby obtaining more benefits than another injured employee could obtain through workers' compensation alone. Presumably it would have drawn the same conclusion from Anderson v. Industrial Comm'n, 108 Utah 52, 157 P.2d 253 (1945), in which the Utah Supreme Court refused to grant a credit to the employer for medical expense benefits paid by an accident policy paid for by the injured employee. Regardless of the fairness or appropriateness of Bevans's retention of the no-fault benefits in addition to workers' compensation benefits, the Industrial Commission remains a statutorily-created agency, not a court of equity.
The purpose of § 287.270, supra, was not that urged upon us by claimant but was to make sure that employees would not lose the advantage of any savings or insurance they might have nor lose the benefits due him through membership in fraternal orders, group association, and the like. Statutes similar or identical to § 287.270, supra, are to be found in almost every Workmen's Compensation Act. Thus it is that this section has been held to prevent the consideration, when determining compensation, of such things as: pensions from other sources — Zasslow v. Service Blue Print Co., Mo.App., 288 S.W.2d 377, l.c. [6-8], p. 381-382; Loges v. Town of Newton, 5 N.J.Super, 433, 69 A.2d 556; Svec v. City of New York, 251 App.Div. 758, 295 N.Y.S. 393; (2) insurance benefits under a policy paid for by the employee — Anderson v. Industrial Commission et al., 108 Utah 52, 157 P.2d 253; (3) the receipt of medical benefits and payments by a government agency or emergency relief commission, such as Social Security or welfare payments, etc.; City of Evanston v. Industrial Commission, 367 Ill. 155, 10 N.E.2d 644; (4) service or Veterans Administration pension or benefits; Contois v. State of Rhode Island, R. I., 186 A.2d 741; (5) partial disability benefits received from a prior workmen's compensation accident in the state of residence or in another state; Mavroulias v. Mugiana, 155 Pa.Super. 573, 39 A.2d 263; (6) life insurance policy on the life of an employee payable to his widow; Kennedy-Van Saun Manufacturing and Engineering Co. v. Industrial Commission, 355 Ill. 519, 189 N.E. 916; (7) sums paid by relief association of which the employee was a member; State ex rel. Duluth v. District of St. Louis County, 134 Minn. 28, 158 N.W. 791; (8) wages paid by another employer, subsequent to an injury and during the period that claimant was still entitled to disability benef